The Lifeboat

The LifeboatThere existed, not many years ago, a certain street near the banks of old Father Thames...
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Author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael),1825-1894
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Language: English
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The Lifeboat

The Lifeboat

€6,19

The Lifeboat

€6,19
Author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael),1825-1894
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Lifeboat

There existed, not many years ago, a certain street near the banks of old Father Thames which may be described as being one of the most modest and retiring little streets in London. The neighbourhood around that street was emphatically dirty and noisy. There were powerful smells of tallow and tar in the atmosphere, suggestive of shipping and commerce. Narrow lanes opened off the main street affording access to wharves and warehouses, and presenting at their termini segmentary views of ships hulls, bowsprits, and booms, with a background of muddy water and smoke. There were courts with unglazed windows resembling doors, and massive cranes clinging to the walls. There were yards full of cases and barrels, and great anchors and chains, which invaded the mud of the river as far as was consistent with safety; and adventurous little warehouses, which stood on piles, up to the knees, as it were, in water, totally regardless of appearances, and utterly indifferent as to catching cold. As regards the population of this locality, rats were, perhaps, in excess of human beings; and it might have been observed that the former were particularly frolicsome and fearless. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 21744
Author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
Release Date: Jun 7, 2007
Format: eBook
Language: English

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